Engineering and Science Management
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ESM 401 3 Credits
Construction Cost Estimating and Bid Preparation
Compilation and analysis of the many items that influence and
contribute to the cost of projects to be constructed. Preparation of
cost proposals and study of bidding procedures. (3 + 0) Offered
As Demand Warrants
ESM 422 3 Credits
Engineering Decisions
(Stacked with ESM 622)
Risk and uncertainty in engineering decisions. Basic applied probability and
statistics, data analysis, regression analysis and time series. Practical applications
of decision tools: linear programming, inventory analysis, queuing, network
models, utility theory. Engineering jugment and uncertainty. Public safety
and ethics. (Recommended: Calculus through MATH 302.) (3 + 0) Offered
Spring
ESM 450W 3 Credits*
Economic Analysis and Operations
Fundamentals of engineering economy, project scheduling, estimating,
legal principles, professional ethics and human relations. (Not offered
for credit toward the master of science degree in Engineering Management
or Science Management. Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL
213X or permission of instructor; ES 201 and senior standing in engineering
or permission of instructor. Undergraduate engineering students who
are taking graduate ESM courses as technical electives should have
completed or be concurrently enrolled in ESM 450.) *2 credits meet
the writing intensive requirement for the core curriculum. (3 + 0)
Offered Fall, Spring
ESM 601 3 Credits
Engineers in Organizations
The course offers a variety of management activities of special
importance to engineering and scientific organizations, including organizational
structures, planning, monitoring, directing and controlling. In addition
the tools of management are reviewed including schools of management
theory, communications, conflict management and total quality management.
Focus on developing managerial skills in Engineers and Scientists.
(Recommended: B.S. degree in engineering or physical science or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ESM 605 3 Credits
Engineering Economic Analysis
The economic basis of engineering decisions, Graduate level studies
of capital investment analysis techniques, including present worth,
annual cash flow and rate of return. Applications to replacement problems,
benefits/cost analysis and capital budgeting. Consideration of impacts
of depreciation accounting, income taxes and inflation. Risk and uncertainty
in economic decisions. Simulation. (Recommended: Graduate standing.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ESM 608 3 Credits
Legal Principles for Engineering Management
A course devoted to those aspects of law specifically related
to technical management. Contracts, sales, real property, business
organization, labor, patents and insurance. (Recommended: Graduate
standing.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ESM 609 3 Credits
Project Management
Organizing, planning, scheduling and controlling projects. Use
of CPM and PERT; computer applications. Case studies of project management
problems and solutions. (Recommended: Graduate standing in Engineering
or Science Management or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 620 3 Credits
Statistics for ESM
Forecasting applications and technique—technological, time
series, judgmental and regression; decision trees; Bayesian statistics;
utility theory with trade-offs between expected value and risk in decision
making; bidding strategies; data analysis. (Recommended: STAT 301 and
MATH 202X.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 621 3 Credits
Operations Research
Mathematical techniques for aiding technical managers in decision
making. Linear programming, transportation problem, assignment problem,
network models, PERT/CPM, inventory models, waiting line models, computer
simulation, dynamic programming, Emphasis on use of techniques in actual
technical management situations. Computer applications. (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ESM 622 3 Credits
Engineering Decisions
(Stacked with ESM 422)
Risk and uncertainty in engineering decisions. Basic applied probability and
statistics, data analysis, regression analysis and time series. Practical applications
of decision tools: linear programming, inventory analysis, queuing, network
models, utility theory. Engineering jugment and uncertainty. Public safety
and ethics. A class project and paper are required. (Recommended: Calculus
through MATH 302.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
ESM 623 3 Credits
Computer Programming for Engineering Managers
Basic FORTRAN programming, with applications to engineering problems.
(Not offered for credit toward the M.S. in Engineering Management or
Science Management.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ESM 656 3 Credits
Space Systems Engineering
(Cross-listed with EE 656 and ME 656)
A multidisciplinary team of students will perform a preliminary design study
of a major space system. Design considerations will include requirements for
project management, spacecraft design, power, attitude control, thermal control,
communications, computer control and data handling. The students will present
their final design in a written report and a public seminar. (Prerequisites:
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Spring
ESM 684 3 Credits
Engineering Management Project
Comprehensive study of an actual engineering management problem
resulting in reports and presentations which include recommendations
for action. (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring